Round Lake Park woman killed in Volo crash

A Round Lake Park woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Volo Wednesday afternoon, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Route 120 at Ellis Drive for a traffic crash with injuries just after 12:20 p.m., and on arrival found off-duty paramedics administering CPR to someone involved in the accident, according to Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Sara Balmes.

Results of a preliminary investigation determined that a red sport utility vehicle driven by a 55-year-old woman from Gurnee was eastbound on Route 120 when, “for an unknown reason,” a white sedan entered the eastbound lanes of Route 120 and was struck by the SUV, officials said. The crash occurred west of Ellis Drive.

The driver of the white sedan, a 24-year-old woman from Round Lake Park, was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead, Balmes said.

The driver of the SUV was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Lake County Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper said an autopsy was completed on the deceased woman Thursday morning and that the cause of death was multiple trauma from the crash. Cooper said the woman’s identification would likely be released by the end of the week, following the completion of notification of her family members.

The Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team is continuing to investigate the crash, officials said.